Rocket Racing League Ready To Launch

Posted by kdawson on Monday April 14, 2008 @03:52PM from the like-nascar-with-patents dept.

capnkr sends us to Wired for the story of the long-delayed Rocket Racing League, which we discussed when it launched in 2005. It seems the league is finally ready to get off the ground. At a press conference at the Yale Club in New York, RRL CEO Granger Whitelaw said rocket-powered planes will fly their first exhibition race in August at the EAA AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with at least three more races to follow in 2008. "The Rocket Racing League on Monday detailed plans to move from a sci-fi fantasy to a full-fledged commercial enterprise — including 'vertical drag races' using rockets."

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Whats with all the offtopic by MadnessASAP · 2008-04-14 17:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This has got to be the largest amount of off topic posts I have ever seen on any article. Come on people were talking about giant rockets strapped to flying machines whizzing around with a hight probability of very large explosions, this is literally nerdvanda but the best you can come up with is all this useless drivel? I am very disappointed.

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